Independent Bracket Patents (Class 248/262)
  • Patent number: 3991963
    Abstract: A curtain rod holder includes a relatively flat support member having a hook extending from one side thereof which is configurated to engage and support a curtain rod. An anchor, which may extend through an aperture in the support member or may be integral therewith, extends from the other side of the support member. The anchor includes an elongate shank configurated to be penetrable into a supporting wall and has an axis and a pair of inclined projections which extend from the shank. The projections lock the anchor and prevent relative movement of the latter with respect to the wall when the anchor is driven into the wall and is rotated about the axis thereof to twist the projections about the shank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1975
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1976
    Assignee: Knock-N-Lok International, Inc.
    Inventor: Alan J. Solo
  • Patent number: 3967805
    Abstract: A curtain rod support assembly is used to support a cylindrical curtain rod in a horizontal plane, wherein a curtain is suspended vertically downward from the curtain rod. A support assembly communicates with each end of the curtain rod. The support assembly broadly consists of a support bracket affixed onto a vertical wall, wherein the end of the curtain rod communicates with the support bracket. An anchoring device communicates with the support bracket as well as ceiling and the vertical wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1975
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1976
    Assignee: Lawrence Peska Associates, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Hoffman
  • Patent number: 3964710
    Abstract: A suspended ceiling leveling device is used to install a 90.degree. angle component of a gird assembly for a suspended ceiling in a level horizontal plane. The device comprises a body member engaging a vertical wall, wherein a 90.degree. angle component rest within a pair of devices. A suction cup affixed to an end of a handle assembly cooperates with the body member, wherein the suction cup engages the vertical wall holding the body member flush to the vertical wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1974
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1976
    Assignee: Lawrence Peska Associates, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew Conroy